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Anthropic CEO to meet Hegseth amid dispute over military use of Claude
The Pentagon demands Anthropic remove restrictions on AI use for surveillance and autonomous weapons or face contract voiding and supply chain risk designation, officials said.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to the Pentagon on Tuesday morning to discuss military use of Claude, Axios first reported.
- Negotiations have stalled in recent weeks after Anthropic insisted its models not be used for autonomous weapons or spying, while the DoD seeks all lawful use cases; Claude was reportedly used during the January 3 raid, exposing the dispute.
- Per reporting, the Pentagon is considering blacklisting Anthropic's AI from government work if it doesn't capitulate, with Axios noting Hegseth is giving Amodei an ultimatum to 'play ball or be banished.'
- A supply chain risk designation would void Anthropic's DoD contract and force Pentagon partners to drop Claude entirely, raising immediate stakes in their dispute.
- Antagonizing the Trump administration could create regulatory hurdles as Anthropic, which closed a $30 billion funding round earlier this month, races toward an IPO this year.
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei, Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth to meet as Pentagon considers placing firm on blacklist
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was set to hold a high-stakes meeting with Anthropic boss Dario Amodei on Tuesday as they have been trying to navigate rising tensions over military use of the Claude AI chatbot.
American Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called on Dario Amodei, CEO of the start-up of Anthropic Artificial Intelligence, announced a month's official for AFP, according to Agerpres. The company for some time refuses to use its AI for military and supervisory purposes.
American Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth called for March on Dario Amodei, CEO of the start-up of Anthropic Artificial Intelligence, announced a monthly official for AFP, the company refusing to use AI for some time...
The US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, convened Tuesday the boss of the young artificial intelligence (AI) Anthropic, Dario Amodei, announced Monday at the AFP an official, the company refusing, for the moment, certain uses of its AI for military and surveillance purposes.
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